JUNE 2004 NEWS
June 26 am Happy Saturday. This
one is important of you've got a bunch of ole junk laying around the house.
This is the last day for our Metal Recycling Days this year. Site location
is over at Pierson Lumber Co. get rid of the junk and do it legally.
June 26 am Happy 17th Birthday Wishes
to Fallon Pierson
June 26 am The Communicator
made it to the news stands yesterday afternoon around 4 pm. 20 pages of
the best Clayberry info ever.
June 26 am We know it's a
good one because the irate phone calls and emails have begun. For instance,
here's an excerpt: This email is in response to a recent posting
to your web site. While your unprofessional and biased nature of
writing has been a nuisance to the county for quite some time now, a recent
posting carries with it a serious suggestion. In reference to the
recent weapon brandishing regarding Mr. Haynie, you say, "If you're
going to pull the trigger, do it, I've got work to do!" Those are
words of encouragement for someone to commit a violent act.
This is reckless irregard to Mr. Haynie. While you have the
right to publish your paper, you also have a responsibility to print and
present the truth, unbiased by your opinion. You also have a responsibility
to protect the public trust. Encouraging someone to commit a violent
act is in no way responsible.
Always love satisfied web clickers!
Of course if the emailer reads this edition of The Communicator, she'll
see, Haynie himself said those words she finds so offensive.
June 26 am Be sure to
check out the EVENTS page for stuff to do like tonight's Summer Jam 2004
show at Two Run. Free too!
June 26 am With the conservatives
firmly in control in Washington. The FCC has been fleexing their muscles
to eliminate free speech like potty mouth on the radio and TV. Now VP Dick
Cheny has used the F word in word. For details, on Cheny, click, WASH
HIS MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP.
June 26 am There have been 968 coalition
deaths, 851 Americans, 59 Britons, six Bulgarians, one Dane, one Dutch,
one Estonian, one Hungarian, 18 Italians, one Latvian, six Poles, one Salvadoran,
three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and six Ukrainians, in the war in
Iraq as of June 24, 2004
June 26 am How about a guy
arrested 23 times for DUIA. Click DRUNK
DRIVER
June 26 am Enjoy the weekend and
have some fun while the weather is nice.
June 25 am We're working to
get the Communicator out this afternoon. Until then, no new posts.
But our front page story is a guy who catches his wife with another man
and burns down the house trailer. His house trailer. Sound good? Lots more
this afternoon around 4pm
June 25 am Did we mention we've
got the story of Coach Jim Haynie telling a teenager with a pistol: If
you're going to pull the trigger, do it, I've got work to do!
June 25 am The Communicator, your
only source for REAL news in Clayberry!!!
June 24 am Look around. Need to
get rid of an old frig? Hot water tank? Maybe that clunker up on cinder
blocks that'll never run again? Teenagers? This is Metal Recycling Days
in Clayberry. Get rid of that junk NOW. See EVENTS page now.
June 24 am It's always good
to hear of a West Virginian excelling in their job. Here's the story of
WV's own 24 year old puter wizard, Jason Smathers. If you're getting tons
of emails (MB) you really need to read this link. Click 30
million customers for the scoop.
June 24 am It has been 26 looooooooooooooooooong
years for Kim Sams. Happy Anniversary.
June 24 am Tuesday night's School
Board meeting was fun to watch. Bruce Hollis, state Director of Gear Up,
provided accolades and more. The more was the problem for Super Linkinooooger.
Hollis provided stats on how dismal: the going to college rate is, the
poor college retention rate, and the huge number of college kids having
to take bonehead math classes just to get into college.
June 24 am Link squirmed. Nothing
worries the Linkster more than when the truth gets out. When those same
figures were printed in the Communicator a couple months back, well, he
could just pass off the facts as "A Smear Campaign by The Communicator"
or say "just consider the source." The problem comes when Hollis, a state
top dog, verifies to the Board, the same dismal numbers.
June 24 am Trying to earn his high
dollar keep, Linkinooooger did all the damage control he could to play
down the facts. Full details in Friday's Communicator
June 24 am The head massage
man in the School System is of course Kenneth Tanner. Tanner is paid handsomely
to reshuffle the numbers, test scores, and such. To paint the prettiest
picture. Often in that little newspaper over in Clay, Tanner puts in some
headline like: 30% of our 4th students performed well above some basic
skill level!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 24 am Sounds nice until you
read the report for yourself and realize our county performed way below
other counties in the state and in fact, 70% of our students had less than
basic English skills. Is the glass half full or half empty. In this case,
it's half empty.
June 24 am During the last Commission
meeting, Commissioner Bragg came in all washed out looking, without enthusiasm,
sort of in the dumps lookin'. About that Mathew Bragg post from yesterday....
June 24 am When did Bragg
ask about taking Sheriff Fields' job? Answer: Last Monday before
the County Commission meeting. With Sheriff Fields making no plans to bail
out early and give Bragg the Sheriff's post, here's the question. Email
your opinion please: Do you think Bragg will try a write in campaign this
fall?
June 24 am And Yes we're on top
of the June 17th story from Ivydale and the latest from Murder Mountain.
Hope to have a post later today if possible.
June 22 am Rose Louise Daniels,
90 see FUNERAL page
June 22 am We forgot to say Happy
Birthday to Rose Cantrell yesterday. One day late but Happy Naval Day Rose
June 22 am It's been quiet too long
in Clayberry. Usually when that happens, something is being kept quiet.
Such is the case now. First some background
June 22 am We had 11 Demorat contenders
for Sheriff during the May 2004 election. Randy Holcomb came out on top
with Mathew Bragg lagging back in 3rd place followed by Jim Paxton. With
Holcomb on the ballot in Nov. as well as Republicat Dave Mullins, Paxton
( that's the senior Paxton) decided to run a write in campaign. It seems
another is trying to get back on the ballot.
June 22 am One more bit of background.
Sheriff Fields is 600 years old and a couple weeks back went for his annual
medical exam. Being older than most rocks, the Doc made Fields were a heart
monitor to check things out. Around the Courthouse went the rumor that
the High Badge was in bad shape and ready to resign. Now for the
story clickers
June 22 am County Commissioner and
two time Sheriff candidate Mathew Bragg went to the Sheriff and asked when
he was planning to bail out. Bragg told the aged one that he wanted to
be appointed to the Top Cop spot if the Sheriff was resigning. Guess who
appoints a replacement? You got it, the County Commission.
June 22 am Bragg's plan was
to get himself appointed to the post and then run a write in campaign to
garner the position for the full term.
June 22 am Was is the key
word. Sheriff Fields says he ain't going nowhere unless they carry him
out of the courthouse! Full details in this Friday's Communicator
June 22 am If more people sign up
as write in candidates in Nov, we could have just one dandy election night.
How long will it take to count ballots in Nov? A looooong time. WIth one
write in candidate already signed up, each ballot will have to be hand
counted since the auto ballot machine cannot detect write in's.
June 22 am We mentioned Tonya Salisbury
was picked up Friday night. Salisbury is awaiting her July trial and is
charged with the murder of her husband, Chad. Yesterday before Judge Alsop,
her bond was revoked after failing drug tests, and off to jail she went.
June 22 am Also from yesterday,
a pre trail hearing was held in the Town vs Tammy Duffield sticky finger
case. Look for much more pre trail stuff over the next many months.
June 22 am What happened to Monday's
Filcon Inc Auction? According to attorney Wayne King, there were no bidders
and he expects another date to be set for July 6th. Of course the
question remains: If our Business Development Authority received a $50,000
grant to repurchase the Clay County Bank lien, why didn't they get the
land and building?
June 22 am Chaz and Tammy D, it's
time to get back to work!
June 22 am Tonight the School Board
meets at 6 in their Office on Gump Street
June 22 am Very quiet in Clay. There
are few stories floating around and even fewer verifications. Know something?
Let us know!
June 22 am There have been
962 coalition deaths, 845 Americans, 59 Britons, six Bulgarians, one Dane,
one Dutch, one Estonian, one Hungarian, 18 Italians, one Latvian, six Poles,
one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and six Ukrainians,
in the war in Iraq as of June 21, 2004 For the latest on 8
more deaths, click BLOOD
FOR OIL for details
June 22 am So, you're covered
by an HMO and they decide you don't deserve your doctor's recommended treatment.
As a result of the HMO money changers giving the orders instead of your
doctor, you are denied procedures and medications. Can you sue the HMO
and win a big settlement for damages? No way says the US Supreme Court
Monday. Click HMO
WINS for more. And Yes, West Virginia is one of the states with similar
laws on the books.
June 22 am And here's a winner.
The first thing the badges tell you, you have the right to remain silent.
According to the most recent US Supreme Court decision handed down this
week, you can remain silent but then they can haul your butt off to jail!
True True True! For details on how even more of your rights have been eroded
thanks to the Dubbya's Patriot Act, click Down
the Tubes.
June 22 am Last call for event and
classified listings in this week's Communicator is Thursday morning.
June 21 pm In Clay County, this
is a holiday. This West Virginia Day. With the Courthouse closed, traffic
is much lighter and much quieter. With reduced humidity and a light
breeze moving the air around, the feel is good and the living is easy.
Love those summer days
June 21 pm Tonight's School Board
meeting on Gump Street has been rescheduled for Tuesday evening at 6pm
at the Bd office.
June 21 pm The death of Chad Salisbury
remains an open case with wife Tonya charged with murder in the death.
The case is now scheduled for a July hearing. Friday night, Ms Salisbury
was picked up for violating bail agreements and put in the slammer.
June 21 pm For those trying to listen
to 101.7, Clay's very own WYAP-LP FM radio station, adjustments and testing
are continuing. Translation: It may be a few more days before the thing
works properly!
June 20 am To all the Dads out there
in cyberspace land, this is your day men. Happy Father's Day
June 20 am Before the weekend wrap
up, how about a story of a librarian taking on Dubbya and the Patriot Act.
Click SLIPPERY
SLOPE for a return of sanity
June 20 am From the week that was.....
There have been 954 coalition deaths, 837 Americans, 59 Britons, six Bulgarians,
one Dane, one Dutch, one Estonian, one Hungarian, 18 Italians, one Latvian,
six Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and six
Ukrainians, in the war in Iraq as of June 17, 2004 The sting of reality
has set in. Every bomb we land results in even more hostility against our
men and women in service.
June 20 am With Courthouse
budget cuts and employee lay off time coming in less than 2 weeks, Sheriff
Harald Fields said he was going to buck the lay off trend and instead work
his men until the $ ran out (Oct) and THEN lay the road patrol unit off
until more money becomes available. Translation: 2 months of NO local law
enforcement is coming unless the County Commission comes up with some additional
loot.
June 20 am Throughout this week
and last, a small band of volunteers and high school kids worked their
butts off cleaning up the Elk River. They yanked and pulled as they wrestled
tractor tires, washers and chairs.. end result, tons of ugly trash removed
and scores of discarded tires are out of sight and headed for recycling.
The youth of our county showed the old farts, anything can be done! Nice
job kids
June 20 am You can say
what you want about law enforcement in this county, but Thursday night,
they got their act together and nabbed two more thugs re handed. Just before
midnight Town Cop Butcher eye witnessed a Metheney and King busting car
windshields, windows, and door mirrors out with a ball bat. Warrants were
issued before noon Friday.
June 20 am Without fanfare, work
continued on the new Ginos eatery at Two Run. One week into the build,
the foundation is completed and the brick work is well under way.
June 20 am Our most notorious agency
Clay Development Corp headed off to the beach as the week ended. According
to CDC's Janet Fitzwater, of the 28 headed off to Myrtle, all but 4 of
the travelers were senior citizens. When we posted the info, emails came
in with words of doubt,
June 20 am The Clayberry members
of the "They said it couldn't be done club" were proven wrong this week
as membership supported non profit WYAP-LP radio turned on their brand
new 200 watt transmitter Thursday evening at 8:00pm. Supporting change
in the county, the people's station hosted their first "Summer Jam" spotlighting
local talents Saturday night June 19th.
June 19 am Need your car washed?
Head over to Go Mart this morning. The money goes to a good cause. This
evening beginning at 6 enjoy some toe tapping, hand clapping LIVE music
going on at the radio station. Fun Fun Fun See EVENTS page
for details
June 19 am Get well wishes extended
to ole droopy drawers, Coach Ron Sirk who's in the hospital. Improve soon!
It's a lot more fun raising a stink with a healthy person.
June 19 am Ditto for local attorney
Kevin Duffy who's up North for surgery. Get well soon.
June 19 am 4:37 Friday afternoon,
over the scanner came a call for badges at the DHHR building on Main Street.
"they have a subject out of control" Unit 4 replied and responded within
a minute or so. Those quick response times ( or response at all) may be
a thing of the past unless County Commission comes up with additional moneys
by July 1st. With County Clerk Judy Moore saying last Monday that no new
funds had arrived, budget cuts call for a reduction in force within each
Courthouse office. Sheriff Fields told the CCC he planned to work his road
patrol team for 4 months and then as the money runs out, lay them ALL off!
June 19 am Down below is the
blow by blow from Thursday night's criminal activity. We have a followed
up: By Friday 11:30am clerk Lisa Slack had 16 arrest
warrants typed up and ready to serve on Lyndon B Metheney and Thomas Franklin
King Jr. Each are charged with 8 counts.
June 19 am Here's the way Chief
of Police Butcher had it worded on the police report: Metheney drove the
silver Dodge K car as King leaned out of the passenger side window and
used a sliver ball bat to break vehicle glass and mirrors on the back streets
of Clay. Frank Childers and his brother were sitting on a front porch and
say the senseless act in progress. Some where in there, Frank Childers
ripped off a shot.
June 19 am If you're going to break
the law, you ought not let the cops see you doing it. As the K car turned
off of Carr Street on Main Street, Buckshot saw King bash cars going down
Main Street!
June 19 am So who's cars were damaged?
a blue dodge owned by Leslie White; a 1996 red Chevy owned by William
Johnson; Hawkie Keener's white Metro; 1990 Cavalier owned by Jack
White; a 1997 Chevy Malibu; Jeff Davis' green Jeep; Frank Childers
III truck; and Connie Childers 98 Lumina.
June 19 am Lots of people give Butcher
double H as the town cop. In this case, having a badge on duty sure came
in handy and allowed for super quick response time by the badges.
June 19 am Enjoy the weekend and
come out for the Summer Jam at WYAP-LPs station tonight at 6pm
June 18 am Mrs. Antoinette
M. "Moose Bear" "Moose" Quarequio, see FUNERAL page
June 18 am HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY
TO MY MOM LISA AND STEP DAD JERRY ON SAT. JUNE 19TH.
LOVE YOU GUYS A LOT. JAMA
June 18 am how about some ambulance
service statistics. since April 7 thru June 11th: Calls dispatched - 247;
transports - 166; Refusals - 38; Fire Dept Asst calls - 7; Calls canceled
- 7; DOAs - 2; Calls given to other agencies - 27; Calls where we had back
up (picked up a medic from other agencies - 10.
June 18 am From hard
rains to muggy temps, the weather has been the topic in Clayberry this
week. Corn knocked down. Beans with wilt or rot.... With few public meetings
to watch, it's been quiet until last night. Here's what we heard and saw
last night
June 18 am Over the scanner:
"Shots fired around the High Street apartments". 11:29pm several
windshields broke out with a ball bat!
June 18 am Night owl Town Cop Buckshot
Butcher alerted badges of a silver Dodge K car high tailing it out of town.
Butcher, " It's heading for Two Run" Buckshot shouted out that the occupants
were Tommy King and a Metheney. [didn't catch the first name clickers,
sorry)
June 18 am 11:30pm 911
came back and said Franklin Childers called and said he had fired the shot
and wanted to talk to law enforcement. Split second later, Unit 2 ( That's
Jeff Rider) "10-4"
June 18 am 11:32 pm Buckshot Butcher
came full blast with tiny blue lights flashing thru the Two Run intersection
heading up Maysel hill. In the mean time, 2 green shirt cruisers were parked
in the Go Mart parking lot. Back over the scanner, Butcher ( that's Unit
10) reiterated the part about King and Metheny and the sliver Dodge car.
June 18 am Unit 2 said he was across
the Dundon bridge and looking for the vehicle.
June 18 am 11:36
pm last night: "They may have grown wings and flew away!" About the same
time, the green shirts left the Go Mart lot and headed North on Rt 4.
June 18 am Around 11:40 Unit
2 reported that he had found the ball bat most likely used to beat in the
car windows on the back street of Clay. 11:41 Unit 2, " They're probably
going out the ridge to Ivydale.. That's where he lives.."
June 18 am With Buckshot heading
out a back road Unit 2 to Buck, "Turn on your cell phone" 11:45pm
last night over the scanner came a report of another window knocked out
( a Davis subject it sounded like) but from a different location.
June 18 am By midnight, the
badges were doing the paper work on several acts of destruction.
Should have had your scanner on last night.. Pretty Cool stuff.
June 17 am Hello world. Clay County
has something new. A chance to see Clay in real time. Our local radio station
has set up a web cam at the station in Two Run. Anyone around the world
can now see life in the broadcast booth as Samantha, Brittany , Fonda,
and Avis work the microphones. For a look see, go to our home page,
click the WYAP button, once you've made the trip, at the bottom of their
page, click the Live Eye button. New pic every 30 seconds.
June 17 am Away from the public's
eye, a small group of high schoolers and volunteers have been working their
behinds off to clean up 86 miles of river bank along the Elk River. they've
been at it for 8 days and finish up this Saturday. They are about 1/2 done
with only 2 days left. It's time to give a hand. Can you volunteer
for Friday? How about just clean up along your section of river bank? The
time is now while those young kids are full of vim and vigor and willing
to do the heavy work. See EVENTS page for contact numbers. The time is
now.
June 17 am It's quiet in Clayberry
clickers. No one new has filed for a write in campaign. haven't even heard
of any major vandalism this week.
June 17 am With the temps in the
80s, it's time to head to the Clay County Pool. It's open you know
June 17 am Monday evening, the CAEZ
advertised an election to select a representative to be on the CAEZ Board.
Monday evening no one showed, not even the County Commission. Mardel Nevans
is interested in the post but had other commitments that evening. Just
as well, if she had showed, there still wouldn't have been an election,
takes more than one!
June 17 am Here's one you probably
want to book mark. Probably the best most complete weather service yet.
Every thing from wind chill factors, to volcanic activities. Live
images too. Click COMPLETE WEATHER
for a look.
June 17 am We checked our
counter at 1:20 this morning. 19 of you had already looked for an update
by then. Usually updates are completed and view able by around 1:30am.
You were just a little bit quick on the draw.
June 17 am Ready for some lunch.
Over at the Senior Center at Two Run, the menu includes: Italian style
cutlet, spaghetti, veggies, salad, garlic bread and frosted Jell-O for
dessert. YUM YUM! You don't have to be a senior to enjoy some great
food.
June 16 am Kathleen Mae Drake, 80,
of Ivydale see FUNERAL page
June 16 am Thomas Jefferson
Adkins, see FUNERAL page
June 16 am First some brain food.
June 16 am For the official
US time click EXACT.
Be sure to book mark so you can check back easily.
June 16 am We court marshall soldiers
for following orders. How about a look at who gave the orders to torture
prisoners in Iraq. Click FROM
THE TOP DOWN for more
June 16 am For those think
the Patriotic Act is OK. How would you like all your personal DNA records
collected for about any serious crime. Click IT
MAY BE COMING
June 16 am And finally from the
outside world, Colin Powell has retracted a bunch of his terrorism statement.
Click VERY
EMBARRASSING
June 16 am To add one more tidbit
from Monday's Commission meeting ... Bomont resident Frank Kish asked
the three blind mice to ban ATV use from ALL roads in the county as well
as a countywide leash law. In Kish's letter to the CCC, safety concerns
were raised. No decision was made on either request but unless
locals provide Triplett, Sams, and Bragg with input, who knows which way
they may decide. If safety of minors is important, why not arrest parents
for child endangerment every time Jr. acts like an idiot on a 4 wheeler?
Simple and already on the books
June 16 am Here's the rumor: Early
this morning 28 people from Clay Development Corp will head out to Myrtle
Beach on an all expense paid Senior Citizen trip. Of the 28, 24 are employees
of the senior service provider! We talked with upstairs secretary
Janet Fitzwater Tuesday afternoon. According to Ms F, that's all a bunch
of whodoo. Truth: 28 are going for 5 nights and 6 days to Myrtle Beach.
Fund raisers have provided enough to cover the room costs with seniors
spending their own $ for food. Of the 28 only 4 ,including one nurse, are
from the CDC staff AND AND AND any staffer that's going will be using
their own vacation time to do so.
June 16 am So much for that street
rumor. If anybody hears any different , email us
June 16 am Last Wednesday, ex Senator
Randy Schoonover made it out of the hospital. Yesterday, Randy was seen
tooling around the county on his own. Channel 3 TV news interviewed him
Monday and TV 8 plans an episode to be filmed Wed in the am.
June 16 am We had a chance to ask
about Schoony's ATV crash as has those TV folks. Schoony maintains no law
would have prevented is wreck and near death experience. Schoony said he
was hauling too much gear on his ATV and HE screwed up, not the ride!!
Although not his exact words: You can't legislate common sense!!!
June 15 am Sylvia Helen Brannon
Metheney, see FUNERAL page
June 15 am Talk about a humdinger
of a meeting. The County Commission meeting Monday was full of good stuff.
Get your coffee, danish, go pee..... Ready? Set? Start reading.....
June 15 am Magistrate Boggs asked
the County Commission to cough up nearly $2000 to pay for damages done
while a community service worker with a weed whacker spewed gravel on the
sides of his car parked behind the Courthouse. Boggs wants the $ to cover
the cost of a complete paint job. Our CCC ( Yes Mathew Bragg was in attendance)
made no decision. Commissioner Sams suggested Boggs contact his own insurance
provider. That didn't go over so well with Boggs. His neck started red
around the edges too.
June 15 am While asking the Commission
to restore full phone coverage ( 2 lined were removed in a cost savings
move), Boggs mentioned he HIMSELF had to run the sweeper in his office
last week. The crowd roared with a big aaaaaagh, poor Jeff.
June 15 am So what difference would
high speed internet make in Clayberry. Answer: A bunch!!!! Around the country,
the big push has been to get up the speed. Best of all, Clayberry won't
be the last place without it. With contracts signed Monday by the
CCC, Able Software unveiled wireless ( no telephone needed)
high speed internet service NOW and service around downtown Clay the first
week in July . The entire county should have coverage by Feb. 2004.
Up a hollow, off the beaten track, anywhere in Clay County, the service
will be available for around $20 per month.
June 15 am Cathy Schuler raised
issue with Clay County PSD dragging their feet and STILL no water service
in Lizemores ( they've been waiting since 1995). Schuler informed the CCC
that she knew of over 100 people with cancer or who have died from cancer
in her part of the county. She felt the common link was crappy well water.
Here's an alert from Commissioner Sams, if the water line extension project
money isn't used by the end of this year, the money will be PULLED and
without $, you guessed it... the project is dead
June 15 am During the discussion
on the naming a section of Rt. 4, Procious Maysel Road, Commissioner Bragg,
" It don't matter much to me, I just hate to get sued...We're going to
get sued." Not sure what he meant by that statement but lawsuits
have been expensive for the county with taxpayers footing the bill recently
for faulty judgement.
June 15 am Still reading? Here's
an alarming part. How would you like to call 911 and be told, Law enforcement
will be there in two months! Just might happen
June 15 am All Departments at the
Courthouse will have smaller budgets beginning July 1. Translation: Each
department will loose 2 workers including the Sheriff's office
June 15 am Sheriff Fields has a
different idea. Instead of laying off Deputies Chad Sizemore and Kevin
Delk July 1st, Fields plans to work law enforcement for 4 months
and then lay them off for 2 months. That's 2 months of no road patrol,
no response to domestic violence calls,...
June 15 am The high Sheriff's idea
didn't go over to well with Sams and Triplett ( Bragg had already left
the building). Of course Fields may have just been blowing smoke in an
attempt to regain some $ from the CCC. Time will tell and soon. Layoffs
take effect in just 15 days.
June 15 am Not that we've
haven't posted a bunch but waht there's more!!!!
June 15 am Did we mention
that CCC heard requests to ban ATVs from ALL county roads? True True True
And a new leash law too. Have we mentioned others considering running a
write in campaign for Sheriff this Fall? More during the next post
clickers.
June 13 pm Tomorrow, the County
Commission meets at 10 am. With Magistrate Jeff Boggs on the agenda to
discuss weed whacker created damage done to his car recently, well, sure
to be fun. And the question comes: Will Commissioner Bragg grace the meeting
with his presence? It's 50/50 since he may come to claim credit for a $50,000
WV Budget Digest grant.
June 13 pm From this past week,
some highlights...
June 13 pm From the land of politics,
ex Senator Randy Schoonover made is home after several weeks in CAMC recovering
from an ATV wreck that darn near killed him. Defeated in the May Primary
Election, Jim Paxton, that's the old guy, put his hat in the ring as a
write in candidate for Clay County Sheriff. Paxton says the fellow upstairs
told him to do it. (See front page this edition of the Communicator for
the real quotes) With Demo Paxton in as a write in, the guess is fellow
Demorat Randy Holcomb and primary winner has his shorts all bunched up.
June 13 pm We buried a president
this week after 6 days of dragging his remains from sea to shining sea.
Those that remember the misdeeds and short comings of Reagan held their
tongue as a our regulated media heaped the praises on Mr. Teflon.
June 13 pm Without mention
during the most recent Town Council meeting, Town Cop Buckshot Butcher
was put back on the job Friday after being sworn in around 2pm June 11th.
June 13 pm Buried deep in the Courthouse
record room in Webster County came word that Judge Jack Alsop had gotten
himself trapped in IRS 1040 red paper and a lien totaling over $102,000.00
was slapped on 6 parcels of his property.
June 13 pm And we lost 64 year old
Jack White one of our most colorful politicos and Clay County bank messenger
boy for years. If there was ever a guy that knew what was going on behind
the scenes, it was Jack. He will be missed
June 13 pm And as for the Filcon
Industrial site debacle.... Word came late in the week that a $50,000 WV
Budget Digest Grant has been received allowing the oft troubled Business
Development Authority to reclaim the people's seized property.
June 12 am Jackie Holland
White, 64, of Clay see FUNERAL page
June 12 am The Communicator
made it to the news stands Friday afternoon around 4:30pm. Get em while
their hot
June 12 am Town Cop Buckshot
Butcher quit his volunteer position around May 1st. Since then Mayor Jarrett
has served as law enforcement. Here's an interesting item.
June 12 am last night around 9:30pm
Unit 10, that's Town law enforcement was heard 'I'll be 10-28".
It was Buckshot! During the Town Council meeting the first week of June,
no mention was made of hiring back Butcher.
June 11 am We received word last
night that Jack White passed away. We have no other info as of early this
morning.
June 11 am New listings have been
added to the CLASSIFIED and ADVISORY pages.
June 11 am There's tons of stuff
going on this weekend. Go to the pool! Go help the folks cleaning up the
Elk River. Walk over to the EVENTS page for more ideas.
June 11 am We've been mute this
week on the President we're burying this evening. During times of loss,
we try and forget weaknesses. While it's true Mr. Teflon reduced civil
rights to minorities, reduced employee rights, outright lied about our
death star satellite capabilities and more, he was able to get around all
that with great wit and charm. Today we'll try and forget the short comings
of our 40th President.
June 11 am If all goes well, The
Communicator will hit the news stands around 4:30 this evening. Our front
page story is an interview with write in candidate for Sheriff Jim Paxton.
Get em while their hot!
June 11 am And to start your morning
off on a lighter note.....
June 11 am Marriage is now a word,
it's a sentence
June 11 am Many a man owes his success
to his first wife and his second wife to his success - Jim Backus
June 11 am When I heated my home
with oil, I used over 800 gallons a year. I have found that I can keep
comfortably warm for an entire winter with slightly less than half that
quantity in beer - Dave Berry
June 11 am When you come to the
fork in the road, take it - Yogi Berra
June 11 am If you don't
know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else - Yogi Berra
June 11 am Lady
Astor to Winston Churchill - Sir, If you were my husband, I would poison
your drink! His reply - Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it
June 11 am Brit and Sam, GET TO
WORK!!!
June 10 pm We're typing our little
butts off on Friday's edition of the Communicator. Unless there is some
kind of emergency, no new posts until Friday evening late.
June 10 pm Court room news:
Remember Calvin Cottrell? One of the guys arrested for destroying the Dundon
Ball Field Concession stand? Cottrell's preliminary hearing was heard by
Magistrate Jeff Boggs early this afternoon. With Officer TFC ML Bailey
no where to be found, all charges were dismissed without prejudice. Without
prejudice means the charges can come up again if the Prosecutor so desires.
June 10 pm So are you mad
at Bailey for not showing up for Court duty? Don't be! Full details in
Friday's Communicator. It'll cost you 50 cents to see who screwed up!
June 10 pm David Stone was arrested
along with Christopher Pritt and Jason Triplett for their part in destroying
the concession stand. Pritt plead guilty, Triplett's case has been sent
over to the grand jury after he plead not guilty, and Stone's side has
not been heard yet. On June 4th, Stone's attorney, Wayne King, was a no
show.
June 10 am We just got
this email: You failed to mention a wreck in Clay last Sunday.
A person pulled across the road in front of ALAN RAMSEY who was riding
his motorcycle. He sustained several broken bones and will be hospitalized
for several months. He has helped many people in Clay County over
the years and we need to honor him with our blessings, and prayers. He
is a patient in Charleston General Hospital.
June 10 am Thanks for the note and
get well wishes to Mr. Ramsey.
June 10 am Just 29 days ago the
voters selected Demorat Randy Holcomb and Republicat Dave Mullins for the
Nov. General Election. All done. Two choices for Sheriff. Right? WRONG!
June 10 am Yesterday Jim Paxton
(the one with the white hair) filed as a write in candidate for the Sheriff's
opening. Paxton ran during the May Primary and finished back in the pack
in the 11 person contest. Isn't that interesting... two
Demorats to choose from in Nov. Think how that will change the complexion
of the race.
June 10 am Here's a rumor
on the streets of Clayberry: Republicat School Administrator Kenneth Tanner
came to the Clerk's office tried to late file for the County Commission
race in May. Late filings require the Party Chair's Ok and Tanner didn't
get it. According to Circuit Clerk Mike Asbury, didn't happen. Tanner
did not come to his office only to be turned away by the chair, ole what's
her name.
June 10 am The other rumor
has Tanner running this fall as a write in candidate. No official word
on that one yet. If Tanner gets certified as a write in Candidate ( Republicat)
and Demorat Fran King along with already on the ballot, Mountain party
candidate, Andy Waddell, What an election season it will be!!!
June 10 am There's changes coming
this month at the Two Run Branch of the Clay County Bank. The bank is renting
space to Lively Insurance Co and two attorneys.
June 10 am Clay County escaped much
of the hail and rain damage during the storms over the last three weeks.
None the less, Clayberry was declared a disaster area by Gov. Bob Bob Bob
this week. Of course, we've known this place has been a disaster
area for years!
June 9 Later pm Tonight's
Jr. League baseball game at Maysel Park has been canceled. The last time
we played the team, they got skunked 34 to zip.
June 9 pm And some dandy news
on ex Senator Randy Schoonover's daughter. Just got it:
Hi, just wanted to let everyone know that my dad gets to come home today.
He will be released from the hospital sometime this afternoon. The doctors
have given him the OK to come home as long as he goes back for therapy
2-3 times a week. He wanted me to tell everybody "thank you for your prayers,
cards, letters and phone calls. They were very much appreciated." As expected
he will be doing nothing but resting for the next week or so, but it won't
be long before everyone will once again see him in the streets of Clay.
Thank You so much everyone, Maria Schoonover-Thorne
June 9 am For our international
clickers, here in the land of Clay, school is out, kids are enjoying the
first laid back days of summer. The hay has been cut and long hours are
being put in before Thursday's predicted rain. The big things, mourning
a President, stem cell research, men in space, well, they're just too distant.
Caring for tomatoes, planting the annuals, and keeping the yard in check
take precedence.
June 9 am Three days ago,
mention was made of new new crime activities for a few days.. taking the
other foot out of my mouth, we received an email accounting Cunningham
Motors in Ivydale getting the front door pounded out last Wednesday evening.
June 9 am Monday evening the Master
Land Use Committee met to review a newly engineered plan to provide for
Clay County's future when strip mining poots out. The master plan lays
out what areas will be set aside for uses from commercial to industrial,
to recreational to woodlands. Before you get all up in arms, this is not
zoning as found in the urban areas of the country.
June 9 am Sometime this summer,
a public hearing hearing will be convened before the County Commission
gives the thumbs up or down on the initiative. Full details this Friday
in The Communicator
June 9 am Last night Clay Jr. League
held on to their undefeated season by tromping Kanawha Central. Tonight
at 6, over at Maysel Park, the Clay team will be working the field again.
Come out
June 9 am The local non profit radio
station WYAP is heard around the world via the web. They just received
a nice long distance email. Reading in part: Hello WYAP!
My name is Scott Holcomb, I'm from Lizemores and I am currently deployed
to Iraq with Charlie Company, 1st of the 150th out of Beckley, WV.
I am a Sergeant in the Maintenance section, Tom Mills ,also of Clay County,
is here also and is the company Executive Officer. He is also newly promoted
to Captain. Anyway, I just wanted to say Hello! and let you
know that its great to here that Clay County finally has a radio station
of its own. Keep up the good work. Montani Semper
Liberi, Sgt. Scott Holcomb
June 9 am Now might be a good
time to email one of our own serving in the rotten sand palace of Iraq.
Here's the address of one of Clayberry's finest, Sgt. Scott Holcomb:
holcombscott2000@yahoo.com You'll have to cut and paste,
we haven't quite mastered the link thang yet for email use.
June 9 am And for those that
hate interesting thoughts, Only in America......can a pizza get to your
house faster than an ambulance. Only in America......are there
handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. Only in
America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway
and put our useless junk in the garage. Only in America......do
we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so
we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first
place. Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed? Why
is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid is made
with real lemons?
June 9 am And... When dog food is
new and improved tasting, who tests it? Why didn't Noah swat those
two mosquitoes? Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal
injections? You know that indestructible black box that is
used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that
stuff? Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? Why are
they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
June 8 am Hello there Logan County
Karen. Also thanks Carol B., Gene C., Glen D., Lyle, and poet Patty Andrews
from NY.
June 8 am Providing it doesn't rain,
tonight at 6pm the undefeated Clay Jr. League plays at home. Come out and
enjoy
June 8 am In last week's weekend
wrap up, we commented that no cars had been stole recently. We goofed.
Last week, a 21 year old man's car was swiped from the Big Otter
Park n Ride while he was away working. Thanks Ms M for keeping us straight.
June 8 am Yesterday the clean up
of the Elk got under way. The plan is to clean out all the trash and debris
over the next two weeks. High water from recent rains kept the 20 some
volunteers out of the water yesterday but didn't stop them from cleaning
up gobs of junk in the Pisquah area. If all goes well, they'll take
to the river in boats Wednesday morning. they've got 14 days to clean up
43 miles of river bank. Want to help? If you live along the Elk,
clean up your own river bank! For others, if you can help out, call 587-4389.
See
EVENTS page too.
June 8 am Here's something to hack
off all the conservative clickers. Walk over to the ADVISORY page for the
latest US Supreme Court decision on legalizing pot. Take some Rolaids with
you
June 8 am We mentioned The
Craft Mall at Two Run holding their Grand Opening a Saturday back. Not
often you hear of a new business opening in the county. Here's another.
KAT Communications opened in the old Seneca Grill building on Main Street
Clay. Two NEW businesses opening in the same week!!! In addition
to renting DVDs and Video tapes, they've got tanning beds, a small inventory
of electrical stuff for gaming and computers , can order about any electrical
part you can imagine AND AND AND
June 8 am They've got Josh Taylor
over there FIXING computers!!! Next time you get that black screen or those
annoying glitches that bunch up your shorts, call 587-2246 and ask for
head honcho John Osborne
June 8 am And now something real
interesting. The wheels of justice have been working on one of their own.
According to Webster County Clerk records, the IRS filed liens against
property held by Judge Jack Alsop and wife. We checked it out Monday
afternoon in Webster Springs.
June 8 am Filed March 25,
2004, 6 parcels totaling $102,361.90 were attached. Some of the liens
are from as far back as the 1996 tax year. One of the attachments, from
the 97 tax year listed no dollar figures. More details this Friday in The
Communicator.
June 7 am It was a good
weekend in Clayberry. No arsons, no stolen cars, no vandalism.. well that
we've heard about anyway.
June 7 am Last night the power went
off on Triplett Ridge before dark. As of 11pm, still no juice. No reports
of car wrecks causing the outage either.
June 7 am Last week we asked for
comments and direction after receiving some emails where the clickers said
stuff like: I went to the "Clayberry" web site for the first time
and became confused then disgusted. First, the Clay County Free Press gets
a noticeably blatent "snub". How can the oldest newspaper of record, of
Clay County, be ignored! Second, the news page reads like a distorted version
of the New York Times. Facts are facts. I've not read such literary fertilizer
since I made the mistake of visiting the N.Y.Times editorial page! You,
like them, choose to either ignore the facts or are to lazy to do a little
research (i.e. Iraq War progress). Third, I would like to know, is the
sophomoric attempt at humor in "famous quotes" necessary? I doubt that
I will ever visit this website again do to it's questionable content as
it is a product of poor decision making and less than thourough credibility.
I come from the Williams-Ramsey and Triplett-Boggs families of Clay County.
All have a long and storied history there. It is a shame that we cannot
show our pride of our hometown to others using this website. It would be
nice to see a page where folks could post some feedback about your website's
content, If you have the courage to post other opinions and points of view.
Thanks
to those that responded. With new comments in hand, we may tone down the
jokes a little but for the most part, we'll keep on keepin on pretty much
as we've been doin.
June 7 am If
you have an event you'd like posted, use the email link below. Ditto for
classified ads, email please.
June 7 am Tonight at 6 pm
the Master Land Use Committee will convene at the Courthouse, Open to the
public and air conditioned too.
June 7 am if you'd like to watch
the construction of the new Single A Baseball Stadium in Charleston, they've
got a web cam set up. Updates every few seconds or so. Click WATCH
EM BUILD IT for a visual.
June 7 am If you have an old record
player that needs a new needle, click NEEDLE
for an online source
June 7 am IF you want
to find out info on any IRS 501-3-c organization, click
FOUND IT. To see their financials view the Form 990 page. They require
you to become a member but it's free and doesn't take but about 5 minutes
to sign up.
June 7 am For a link to any and
all state newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, click MEDIA
GUIDE.
June 7 am For the background on
Ivydale's Larry McLaughlin latest WV PSC complaint against Clay County
PSD click NO
WATER. We understand, Tuesday's public hearing has been rescheduled.
Check before coming over June 8
June 7 am If you're interested in
what Dubbya's oil war is costing the country, state and/or county, click
$$$$
for an up to the second report.
June 7am And finally, one
time Clay Roane PSD employee Dale Deems filed a formal complaint against
his former employer. Click PSC
for more.
June 7 am We'll keep you posted
as the week progresses. Stop back, you too Mr. Williams, if that is your
name.
June 6 am Hello Sunday morning clickers.
Welcome back to the only source of news of the goins on in beautiful Clay
County West Virgnia in the Appalachian mountains. How about a wrap up on
the week that was
June 6 am There have been
935 coalition deaths, 825 Americans, 59 Britons, six Bulgarians, one Dane,
one Dutch, one Estonian, 18 Italians, four Poles, one Salvadoran, 11 Spaniards,
two Thai and six Ukrainians, in the war as of June 4, 2004 . There
have been at least 4,882 U.S. troops wounded in action, according to the
Pentagon.
June 6 am We graduated a few more
than 100 seniors 7 days ago from Clay High but not before speaker Kenneth
Tanner gave his political take on the country. Almost sounded like Tanner
was running for office
June 6 am Sometime last weekend
, Clay Middle School was vandalized and items stolen included scales and
beakers. attempts to break into the school's safe failed.
June 6 am The week was filled with
rain, hail, power outages, and telephone service disruptions. Gardens were
beaten down. Surviving plants were beginning to rot. Gov Bob Bob Bob declared
7 counties disaster areas.
June 6 am State education purcurement
artist Pork Chop Booth got nabbed. It looks like our llocal felon, JD Morris,
may have ratted on Pork Chop. Wonder who will be next?
June 6am Tuesday night, the
Board was made aware, the days of Central Appalchia Empowerment (CAEZ)
are all but gone. A new name , Champion Community, will not make up for
the loss in set aside monies once available to poor communties like Clay.
June 6 am With Paige Willis stepping
aside as Chair of the Clay County Business Development Authority (BDA)
and Vice Chair Mack Samples already bailed out, our local group will soon
have a new make up and direction. Thursday night it was pretty much accepted,
the Filcon Industrial Site, which was purchased with $90,000 in taxpayers
funds, will get auctioned off to the highest bidder June 21st by
the Clay County Bank.
June 5 11:46 am over the scanner
from Clarksburg PA, to all law enforcement: Wanted, William Berry, black,
5'6", 140 pounds, DOB 11-27-83, Wanted for aggravated assault of police
officer, easily slips thru hand cuffs, consider him armed and dangerous.
June 5 am That **!! rain continues!
June 5 am When you see Teresa Kerns
today, tell her Happy Birthday! Better yet, call her 587-7753 and say Happy
Naval Day. Kerns likes to sleep in on Saturdays so call her early!
June 5 am Happy
Anniversary Cathy! I Love You More Today Than I Did 11 Years Ago!
Love, Michael .
June 5 am There's lots of going
on today in Clayberry, Check out the EVENTS page !
June 5 am Last night the Golden
Apple folks hosted a traditional music show at the high school. The idea
was to raise some $ to improve the fall festival. Fine music by the folks
that know and lived it, our senior citizens. Tunes and styles found no
where else on earth.
June 5 am Someone should have told
the county! Despite the best efforts of the volunteers, fewer than 75
paid the $5 admission fee. How often it is, locals don't know what they've
got until it's gone. Pitiful!
June 5 am For those wanting to send
a get well soon card to our ATV challenged Randy Schoonover, do so at :
Randy Schoononover- CAMC, Charleston General Hospital - Room 226, Charleston,
WV
June 5 am It's not often Clay County
makes economic news in a positive light. Here's a nice one. Despite BDA
Chair Paige Willis calling it not much more than a farm pond, it looks
like the long awaited Dam Sampson on Bee Run will be built this summer.
Commissioner Triplett commented that equipment for the construction project
should be on site by mid June with the job to be finished by summer's end.
June 5 am If all finally comes
together, near the Clay/Roane border, we will end up with a 14 acre fishing
lake. The lake, located real close to I 79, coupled with 1000's of acres
of public hunting lands could be a real tourist draw encouraging development
in the Wallback area. Did the BDA or CAEZ in ANY way,
work to make the pipe dream a reality?
June 5 am Nope not one iota!
With the lake promised 10 years ago by Fola Coal Co, one person made phone
calls, wrote letters, called for action and basically was a pain in the
butt to Fola and state government. That one person was community activist
Fred
Sampson.
June 5 am From Thursday night's
Clay Roane PSD meeting... last month the water provider billed customers
over $25,000.00. Doesn't that sound like a lot of money? Yes, but
not enough for the PSD to meet their bills. There's not enough $ to pay
the bills.
June 5 am Here's a real clinker.
It costs the PSD $4.70 to treat and make 1000 gallons of water at their
Procious water plant. The Town of Clay can wholesale them water for $2.61
per 1000 gallons. After months of dragging their feet, the PSD decided
to give buying water a whirl. During Thursday's public gathering, the board
decided to go back to making their own water, saying that it was cheaper!
As a matter of fact, the office manager said "We lost $859 by buying water"
Is anyone else scratching their heads?
June 5 am It was announced during
the Clay Roane meeting, needed grant requests ($100,000) to complete the
funding for the Punkin Ridge water line extension were turned down. In
an attempt to get the 33 customer project back on track, the Board voted
to go after a $100,000 loan to fill the funding gap. A loan?
Yelp and according to the Chair that means a rate increase. Chair Postelwait
commented that PSC Engineer Jim Weimer told her, the rate increase would
be around $1.50 per customer per month. Remember, that's Weimermath. And
by the way, all 500 Clay Roane customers will pay for a rate increase so
33 on Punkin Ridge can get water.
June 5 am One other little note
on the Punkin loan. The loan will be used to pay off an old loan. They'll
be using interest laden money to pay off already interest heavy loans.
June 5 am For our thirsty clickers
in Roane County. It looks like the Amma Left Hand water line extension
project will finally go to bid this July 15th. Sound nice? Sound like you're
finally going to get some potable water? Yes you are. Did we mention more
money is needed to do the job? Seems there is a nagging left over $295,000
debt from the Procious PSD bankruptcy that has to be paid off. That $295,000
plus the expected higher cost to build the 33 mile section of water line...
well you got it. Another rate increase will be needed.
June 5 am If you are a Clay Roane
PSD customer, put down that glass of water before reading this entry. When
do you think was the last time ANY of the PSD's storage tanks were cleaned
out of gunk, grime, sludge, mud, and crud? Postelwait said not in the 2
years she's been there. Dale Deems said he worked for the PSD for 3 years
and the tanks were never cleaned out. Boardster Dave Saulsgiver felt that
the slime had been cleaned out sometime in the last 8 years. Now go ahead
and drink that glass of wa wa.
June 5 am and finally, Question:
Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? Answer: Noah. He was floating
his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.
June 4 pm Sorry for the slow update.
First some comments..
June 4 pm This posting info to the
world is a crazy thing. We try to add a little of everything here. Over
the last 12 months much attention has been spent on our crime problems,
from kids breaking into Clay Elem. , Clay Middle, the ball field concession
stand to arson to, shootings, well.... we've got it bad in Clayberry.
About as much effort has been spent on dumb bunny antics and attitudes
of our elected and appointed leaders in the county.
June 4 pm The confusing part is
how web clickers receive the info. Some folks email that we should never
ever write about the crime in the county, that we should not mention stupid
decisions made by leaders, that such talk down grades us. Other bad mouthers
write that our jokes are too raunchy and our slant on Dubbya's oil war
is waaaaaaaaay off base, that anybody that speaks out against W is a communist.
June 4 pm How about some direction
clickers, use the email link below and provide us some directions for this
site. Here's your chance to rant and rave
June 4 pm There's a bunch of news
from yesterday. When you see Julie P today, tell her she ought not flag
down school buses and climb on top of them.
June 4 pm We had two public
meetings last night, the Business Development Authority (BDA) and
Clay Roane PSD. Both were enlightening to say the least. We'll post the
BDA now and follow up late tonight with the Clay Roane stuff
June 4 pm Last night BDA Chair Paige
Willis told the assembled that he would no longer be the group's Chair
as of July 1 2004. Vice Chair Mack Samples resigned from the BDA. Members
Clark Samples and Dave Pierson have missed enough meetings to get booted
from the group.
June 4 pm The BDA's efforts to reclaim
the Filcon Industrial site from the grips of public auction is not going
well. The BDA has sought $50,000 in grant monies to regain the property
they originally paid $90,000 for just a couple years back. It now
appears that the Clay County Bank will auction off the swampy site June
21st.
June 4 pm The consensus of the BDA:
The grant boys in Charleston have changed their attitude toward the BDA
and no grant $ will come in time to save the 9 acres from the auction block.
June 4 pm In the way of a
Schoony update, from his daughter Maria and as of yesterday:
I was at the hospital yesterday (like I have been everyday), and told dad
that I have been checking your website constantly, to keep updated on what
is going on in the county. He wanted me to send you an update and let you
know how he is. He has been moved from the "trauma Step-Down" unit, to
the trauma floor. He is doing great. The doctors have told him that
he will be in the hospital at least another 60 days, and that is counting
the rehabilitation he has to go through. The doctors have said that he
is doing better than they could have imagined at this point, considering
everything he has gone through. My dad is a fighter, just as my grandmother
said. We never gave up on him, we (his family) knew if anyone could get
through this, it would be my dad. I will continue to update you on his
condition, and I will continue to keep my dad updated on what is going
on here in the county, I even took him the communicator to read yesterday.
He enjoyed every bit of it. Thank You- Maria Schoonover-Thorne
June 4 pm For those wanting to send
a get well soon card to our ATV challenged Randy Schoonover, do so at :
Randy Schoononover- CAMC, Charleston General Hospital - Room 226, Charleston,
WV
June 4pm How about some bait...
Last night during the Clay Roane PSD meeting, the Board voted to seek a
increase to cover additional costs with getting the Pumpkin Ridge water
line extension project off the ground. The rate increase will apply to
ALL 500 Clay Roane PSD customers and not just the 33 folks wanting water
on Punkin Ridge.
June 4 pm Here's some more candy
to get you come back for more info late late tonight.. the Clay Roane
Board also voted to ask the PSC for higher fees when they do water line
road bores under single lane ($500) and double lane ($1000) roadways
June 4 pm Late tonight clickers.
June 4 pm And now one of our off
color humor items. Q. What was the greatest female financier in the
Bible? A. Pharaoh's daughter. She went down to the bank of
the Nile and drew out a little prophet.
June 3 am Roscoe Delbert Neal,
82, of Indore, see FUNERAL page
June 3 am And great big welcome
back to Mr. Williams. Glad to have you on board
June 3 am This afternoon at 5 pm,
our Business Development Authority will convene in the County Commission
room. Air conditioned comfort and absolutely free to watch
June 3 am We had a chance
to talk to Hortense Schoonover Wed at noon. According to the Mother of
ex Senator, Randy Schoonover, Schoony is a fighter and is making great
progress since being rescued three weeks ago after an ATV wreck. Ms Schoony
said her son was moved to an ICU "step down" unit two days ago and except
for an oxygen tube, he is doing much better and is alert.
June 3 am The recent storms have
left their mark on the county. Many residents awoke Wednesday morning without
electric or tele service. Bomont area was without power until mid Wed morning.
Several in the Elkherst Road area were told their tele service would not
be restored until Friday June 4th.
June 3 am Tonight Jr. League game
scheduled for tonight has been changed until Friday evening at 6 pm. Come
out Friday evening and see our undefeated hitters at work
June 3 am In Dubbya's oil war: There
have been 928 coalition deaths, 818 Americans, 59 Britons, six Bulgarians,
one Dane, one Dutch, one Estonian, 18 Italians, four Poles, one Salvadoran,
11 Spaniards, two Thai and six Ukrainians, in the war as of June 1, 2004
June 3 am Might want to check the
EVENTS page, there's lots to do an see!
June 3 am So what went on during
Tuesday's Town Council meeting? Not much. Whole thang lasted 6 minutes.
No decision on a new cable TV provider, no mention of the recently filed
lawsuit against an ex employee who according to the state auditor's office
swiped over $6000; and not a peep about banning ATVs from the streets of
the municipality
June 3 am How much did Clay Development
Corp Director Betty Stalnaker make in 2002? Answer $52,356.00. According
to their IRS Form 990, CDC took in $2,906,662.00 from admissions, merchandise
sold or services performed related to the organization's charitable goals.
June 2 pm Down below is mention
of Tommy Young in deep doo doo in New York state. Things aren't much better
in Lorain Ohio for the Murder Mountain resident. Click NO
WHERE TO BE FOUND to see the court case there for Mr Young
June 2 am Miles Alan Paintiff,
20
of Strange Creek, see FUNERAL page
June 2 am Last night during the
CAEZ meeting, Llyn Drake engineered a $2500 grant for Clay County's only
public picnic spot along the Elk, Spread Park. Drake cited the need for
picnic tables, grills, repairs and mowing with her request. It worked too,
CAEZ finally did something that benefit's the entire county. And it only
took 10 years!
June 2 am Is CAEZ going out of business.
Well, sort of, Yes. Only after questioning did the Board find out, CAEZ
,Central Appalachia Empowerment Zone, as well as all other enterprise communities
and empowerment zones in the USA, will cease to exist Oct. 1 2004. All
the set aside federal dollars and preferential treatments will also dry
up. According to Director Sizemore, CAEZ will regroup under a Champion
Communities designation.
June 2 am POLICE BLOTTER:
So did the badges round up all the little Clayberry thugs last week? Nope.
Friday night thugs cut thru the chained shut glass doors at Clay Middle
School. Inside , the criminals did NOT go after video cameras, TVs, DVD
players, or the like. Instead, carted away were science lab equipment like
beakers and scales. Wonder what they plan to do with the newly acquired
items? They also made an attempt at breaking into the school's safe with
no success.
June 2 am POLICE BLOTTER:
King's Wrecker towed in a stolen truck from Go Mart parking lot Sunday
evening. We understand the truck was stolen from Mid State Chevy in Flatwoods
several months back. Two lads were taken in custody.
June 2 am POLICE BLOTTER:
Word on the street has it that Tommy Young Sr and Jr are locked up in some
NY state jail without bond. Charges stem from stolen cars and trucks as
we understand it.
June 2 am Bad news on Randy
Schoonover. Schoony remains in the intensive care unit and is no where
near "out of the woods". The ex Senator wrecked his ATV 2 Saturday's ago
and remained in the back country for 30 hours before emergency crews located
him.
June 2 am Schoony had a set back
Friday night May 28th when he went into arrest and the event was repeated
Monday night June 1st. Randy is one messed up puppy right now. Prayers
would be in order
June 2 am And what brings clickers
to this site? The juice and this juice is JD Morris juice. Morris got out
of the Federal pen a few weeks back after serving 13 of an 18 month sentence
for stealing funds from the local Clayberry Bank. According to Charleston
newspaper reports, he got out early after providing information to
the Feds. When that made the news, many butts were puckered up in Clayberry.
The coffee house crowd asked: Who was his partner in stealing from the
Clay County Bank??????
June 2 am Answers are starting to
come! It appears that sticky fingered Morris ratted on state level buddies
like "Pork Chop" Booth. Remember Pork Chop? The guy that sold furniture
to school systems for 4 times their value? For more, read a darn
good wrap up on the HurHerald web site. Click, NABBING
RATS for details
June 2 am Today's a big hot
dog sale on Main Street. See EVENTS page for all the good thangs going
on around Clayberry.
Jine 2 am And finally gor this rainy
morning from Woody Allen: Having sex is like playing
bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good
hand."
June 1 am Cecil V Woods,
Leatherwood, see FUNERAL page
June 1 am APB, See ADVISORY
page
June 1 am Hello Chaz Hello
Bud Get back to work!!
June 1 am "Women need
a reason to have sex. Men just need a place." Billy Crystal
June 1 am The ways kids see it:
I
was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a
Woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark
naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from
the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!
June 1 am Today Clay Town Council
meets at 4 pm followed by the agency formerly known as the CAEZ at 6pm.
Council is considering banning all ATVs on the streets of Clay. Might be
a good time to remind the elected ones what you think about that subject.
The CAEZ Board doesn't even know the CAEZ dies this Oct as well as all
the benefits to the area from the empowerment zone designation. 10 years
of efforts and little to show!
June 1 am The ways kids see it:
Zachary,
4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush
in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary
stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out
with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile,
"We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a
few days ago.
June 1 am On Thursday the Business
Development Authority and the Clay Roane PSD go to task. As the week
progresses, we'll do our best to keep you informed. If you see something
juicy be sure to email us using the link at the bottom of this page.
June 1 am While working
for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to
take my 4- year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. The various appliances
of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs, unfailingly
intrigued her. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking
in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions,
she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
June 1 am Last month 19,824 took
a gander at this site. Thanks for the cyber visit. For some real
fun, spend some time in Clayberry for real this summer.
June 1 am On our LINKS page we've
added a bunch of new newspapers from around the state for your surfing
pleasure. If you haven't walked over to the PHOTO page, we've added
a bunch of new images
June 1 am "Ah, yes, divorce,
from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals
through his wallet" Robin
Williams